Anyone here have regular contact with Diane an Precision Concepts? I ordered parts in October and they have yet to arrive and emails are never answered on both addresses they used previously. Being in Australia makes calling tough, pm me if you can maybe help contacting her, cheers

Not DOT though, nor will they get the mileage teh 270's do. People call them worn at different "rates". Ie, on my trip I did 9500KM's on the rear... trying to get the treads to show. Baja was 4000km's and they were pooched. You can expect a few 1000KM of good service though. (1.6KM/mile).

I haven't tried many tires, but they are way better then Pirreli MT-21's and last just as long.

I found the same thing, the Dez ITs worked way better than the MT21s, we ride allot of rocky desert terrain that likes to chew up tires quick, the Dez ITs are my preferred tire, they seem to hold up to the 650s pounding and the fronts stick pretty good. I chunked the only rear MT21 I ever had in 3 rides, I tried their front and it dumped my ass more than once. They just don't stick well in our terrain. If I'm running allot of road like a big DS ride I'd put on a 606 (rear only), they don't chunk and hold up ok riding pvmt but don't have the off road traction of the ITs.

Anyone here have regular contact with Diane an Precision Concepts? I ordered parts in October and they have yet to arrive and emails are never answered on both addresses they used previously. Being in Australia makes calling tough, pm me if you can maybe help contacting her, cheers

In the process of going over everything. I adjusted the valves today, they were all within spec, but I moved them to the looser end of "within spec" just for peace of mind. I adjusted the compression release cable since it wasn't actually working before so starting wasn't nearly as fun. Someone earlier had asked what my spark plug looked like. I'm not very good mechanically, I'm learning this stuff as I go along. Anyone see any problems with this?

I cleaned the air filter, next plan is to tackle the carb to check things out, then change the oil, then see how motivated I am to do anything else instead of going out riding.

Yeah, I'd planned on putting a new plug in. I'll see what's going on with the jetting. I haven't seen a lot of spark plugs before so I don't have much experience, but this does seem to have a lot more carbon build-up than the others I've seen.

I really hope it isn't burning oil, I've already had to deal with one bike burning oil that turned into a nightmare.

Yeah, I'd planned on putting a new plug in. I'll see what's going on with the jetting. I haven't seen a lot of spark plugs before so I don't have much experience, but this does seem to have a lot more carbon build-up than the others I've seen.

I really hope it isn't burning oil, I've already had to deal with one bike burning oil that turned into a nightmare.

When was the plug last changed?

Just keep an eye on oil level. See if your buddies see puffs of smoke under hard acceleration, etc.